Cold, wet, Tuesday

mrsconn23 · May 2016

This weather is seriously annoying. I just want sun and warmth. But it should be expected for spring in the midwest, so blah.

Of course, more fuckery is afoot at DH's job. But he has a call with another recruiter tomorrow. Here's hoping that he finds the right opportunity to move on soon. The people running his warehouse are straight up morons. Oh and he's still not home from work yet. So much for not working 11-12 hours a day, gah.

DefConn had his KG assessment yesterday. I can't say I didn't feel slightly misty when they took him back without me.

I put in his daycare notice today. OMG. Is this really happening? No more daycare payments?

kimmiinthemitten · May 2016

I made a huge mistake last night. My old HS cheerleading coach married a police officer who was killed in the line of duty over 10 years ago. Something on TV made me think of him (I'm FB friends with her) so I googled him. I landed on his fallen officer page which is still very active and I spent literally 2 hours just reading and ugly crying. My face is still swollen today. FI got home from the Tigers game and thought something was wrong. Oops.

I still haven't heard from the potential boss at the potential job and am starting to wonder if I got all excited for nothing and if he's even going to call. And due to the relationship between our companies, I can't apply without having this call first. I'm sure I'm freaking out for nothing, but who knows? Why does this a lot like dating? Ugh.

@mrs.conn23 congrats on no more daycare payments!!

ETA: My first sentence made me add this:

bleve0821 · May 2016

It's chilly and wet here, today, too. "Chilly" is relative, but I can't find my nice spring jacket, so it's either full-on winter coat or be goosebump-ly without one.

The issues at work continue to pile on, and now I'm wondering why I'm trying so hard. I had a short chat with one of the senior leaders, and he did not indicate anything similar to what my boss tossed in my lap last week. In fact, that brief chat was mostly about career movement and advancement, so I'm not entirely sure what's going on.

I had a scare this morning on my way to the train platform. Normally, there are enough commuters between 5:30 and 6am for me to not have to worry about weirdos. This guy started yelling at me from across the platform. Then he RAN across the platform to me when I pretended not to notice he was hollering, got in my face and waved his cell phone at me and yelled, "I WANT TO TAKE YOU OUT SOMETIME, LET ME TAKE YOU OUT SOME TIME, GIVE ME YOUR NUMBER." I very politely told him I was married, but he wouldn't let up, and demanded to see my ring as proof, grabbed my hand to shake it AND KISS IT EW, told me my husband wouldn't mind at all, and he just had to take me out... I was so freaking glad when the train FINALLY arrived and IT WAS FULL. The whole confrontation lasted maybe 10 seconds, but it rattled my cage really well. I was shaken enough I had this paranoia that he had gotten on the same train and was following me to work. He didn't, thank god, and even if he did, I work in a relatively secure building, but I will be hunting down my pepper spray tonight.

missJeanLouise · May 2016

AtomicBlonde said:

It's chilly and wet here, today, too. "Chilly" is relative, but I can't find my nice spring jacket, so it's either full-on winter coat or be goosebump-ly without one.

The issues at work continue to pile on, and now I'm wondering why I'm trying so hard. I had a short chat with one of the senior leaders, and he did not indicate anything similar to what my boss tossed in my lap last week. In fact, that brief chat was mostly about career movement and advancement, so I'm not entirely sure what's going on.

I had a scare this morning on my way to the train platform. Normally, there are enough commuters between 5:30 and 6am for me to not have to worry about weirdos. This guy started yelling at me from across the platform. Then he RAN across the platform to me when I pretended not to notice he was hollering, got in my face and waved his cell phone at me and yelled, "I WANT TO TAKE YOU OUT SOMETIME, LET ME TAKE YOU OUT SOME TIME, GIVE ME YOUR NUMBER." I very politely told him I was married, but he wouldn't let up, and demanded to see my ring as proof, grabbed my hand to shake it AND KISS IT EW, told me my husband wouldn't mind at all, and he just had to take me out... I was so freaking glad when the train FINALLY arrived and IT WAS FULL. The whole confrontation lasted maybe 10 seconds, but it rattled my cage really well. I was shaken enough I had this paranoia that he had gotten on the same train and was following me to work. He didn't, thank god, and even if he did, I work in a relatively secure building, but I will be hunting down my pepper spray tonight.

I am glad you are okay @AtomicBlonde. That is super scary for sure. It bothers me so much that men refuse to take No for an answer and require proof that you "belong" to another man before even considering backing off.. not just this guy but people in general. Uhg! Giant pet peeve.

It must be raining everywhere because it is here too. It rained all night too. I hope my little bean plants will be alright.

tawillers · May 2016

I'm also ready for warm weather. I'm at baseball games 24/7 and being swaddled in a comforter is the only way I can survive the temps.

I have work to do and keep putting it off. It's not a ton, but I just can't get started this morning.

Heffalump · May 2016

It's unseasonably cool here, too. They opened the pool and it's like the temperature instantly dropped 10 degrees and stayed there.

mrs.conn23 said:

I put in his daycare notice today. OMG. Is this really happening? No more daycare payments?

So jealousE! I don't even know what we're going to do when we're not paying for daycare anymore. Roll around in a giant pile of money, probably.

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@AtomicBlonde, that is insane, and so scary. Glad to hear you're okay.

mrsconn23 · May 2016

Hilariously, I just realized that I put in the wrong date. I was one day off. Oh well, I'll get that straightened out. But yeah, I'M SO EXCITED!

ShesSoCold · May 2016

So I was out yesterday with a migraine. This has been a really bad season for me.

I came in early this morning and my boss (the owner, nice guy) tells me to put my regular hours on my timesheet and let other boss know he said to. This is really not like them and I'm really surprised. My vacation time comes as a dump-in every June and last year they gave me a week early for my honeymoon so I have no time left. I was planning on trying to make the day up over this week and next but now I don't have to. SUPER nice of him.

H and I are thinking about cars. We're making double payments and stuff on his truck but still owe like $15,000. We REALLY REALLY don't want to have two car payments but my car is starting to show wear. It's definitely an economy car and driving it on the highway every day, the quality (or lack thereof) is really showing. It's still worth like $11-13K so I was thinking of selling it, paying off the truck and having only the one car for a few months. He takes his work van home everyday so it wouldn't be terrible.

thefanciestbeckler · May 2016

It isn't too cold here, but it is much cooler than it has been and its gross and rainy.

I thought I lost my youngest dog this morning. I let them outside like I usually do and went upstairs to get dressed and ready for work. When I went downstairs to get them, my old dog came in, but no young dog. She always comes to me right away if she isn't already waiting by the door. I was looking all over the yard for her and called her over and over and over. Nothing.

At this point, I was panicking. It's hard to lose a 65 lb dog. I started wondering if there was a hole in the fence somewhere that I didn't know about. Right about that moment she came up behind me super quietly. Ugh.

@AtomicBlonde that is so scary!!! I'm glad you're alright

kimmiinthemitten · May 2016

Oh my god @AtomicBlonde that is terrifying, I'm glad you're okay!

I'm with @missJeanLouise not only does the entitlement drive me nuts/terrify me/piss me off, but all of the people standing around watching it happen and doing nothing too.

And some people think women are just paranoid and these types of things don't really happen. There's a reason we walk with our keys protruding, take stairs instead of elevators, call when we get home safely.

6fsn · May 2016

How scary @AtomicBlonde

I'm still having flare ups from this allergic reaction. I've been on meds for 6 days!

School is out Friday. I'm putting out my annual email to MIL to see when she wants to spend the day together. I vow every year not to get annoyed. I fail every year.

charlotte989875 · May 2016

Ugh, @AtomicBlonde that really sucks. Makes for a terrible start to the day, I'm sorry!

We had a bottle of champagne (shared, not each) last night to celebrate the house closing and now I'm exhausted trying to finish up last minute things at work. I swear since turning 30 I cannot drink during the week without feeling sluggish the next morning.

Heffalump · May 2016

charlotte989875 said:

Ugh, @AtomicBlonde that really sucks. Makes for a terrible start to the day, I'm sorry!

We had a bottle of champagne (shared, not each) last night to celebrate the house closing and now I'm exhausted trying to finish up last minute things at work. I swear since turning 30 I cannot drink during the week without feeling sluggish the next morning.

LOL, we were just talking about that at work. DH and I don't usually drink on weeknights because we're tired enough as it is. But Sunday he made shrimp scampi and had opened a bottle of white, so we each had a glass and he ended up falling asleep about the same time as the kids.

bleve0821 · May 2016

@kimmiinthemittenI think the thing that bothered me most about that encounter this morning was the fact that no one said or did anything. Granted, it wasn't a drawn out ordeal, but there were a number of people around and this guy was clearly creating some kind of scene. It could have happened to any woman of any age or ethnicity standing on the platform, and it could have ended any number of ways, but no one cared. If my husband had seen a guy run across the platform to confront another woman, and then go so far as to grab her for any reason, he would have said something at once.

Another thing that bugs me is that, when strange men approach me I am usually startled (especially if I'm alone), so I instinctively step away, and if they are of a certain ethnicity, they immediately call me a racist. I'm not a racist, and I'm not making any kind of assumptions about you or your motives. You're a stranger, I'm alone, and you startled me, and it doesn't matter at all what the color of your skin is.

It wasn't a great start to the day, but things have improved. Maybe. A job I was considering applying for in February has apparently reopened and I've had four people ask me if I'm interested.

*Barbie* · May 2016

Heffalump said:

mrs.conn23 said:

I put in his daycare notice today. OMG. Is this really happening? No more daycare payments?

So jealousE! I don't even know what we're going to do when we're not paying for daycare anymore. Roll around in a giant pile of money, probably.

We're still going to have before/after school care for a while (until she's old enough to be a latchkey kid), but it's less than half of what we pay for daycare/private K. The difference is going to be put into savings/invested for her college fund. We've been paying it for more than 5 years at this point, so it's not like we're going to "miss" the money.

lnixon8 · May 2016

AtomicBlonde said:

@kimmiinthemittenI think the thing that bothered me most about that encounter this morning was the fact that no one said or did anything. Granted, it wasn't a drawn out ordeal, but there were a number of people around and this guy was clearly creating some kind of scene. It could have happened to any woman of any age or ethnicity standing on the platform, and it could have ended any number of ways, but no one cared. If my husband had seen a guy run across the platform to confront another woman, and then go so far as to grab her for any reason, he would have said something at once.

Another thing that bugs me is that, when strange men approach me I am usually startled (especially if I'm alone), so I instinctively step away, and if they are of a certain ethnicity, they immediately call me a racist. I'm not a racist, and I'm not making any kind of assumptions about you or your motives. You're a stranger, I'm alone, and you startled me, and it doesn't matter at all what the color of your skin is.

It wasn't a great start to the day, but things have improved. Maybe. A job I was considering applying for in February has apparently reopened and I've had four people ask me if I'm interested.

That is awful. Twice similar things have happened to me on the metro in DC. On a Saturday morning these guys came from a bottomless brunch at gay bar and this guy would NOT leave me alone- blasting taylor swift from his phone, lip syncing blank space, putting his arms around me/my shoulders. He was obviously into men but it was just awful- get out of my personal bubble! His friends screaming "leave that poor little straight girl alone!" didn't help much, and it was a pretty empty train.

Another time it was already dark and on a Friday and some guy was walking up and down the car most likely on pcp so both H and I were scared but tried to not engage. Then he started "talking" to another girl sitting a row diagonally behind us. She was wearing a howard cheer shirt so I figured we both had a ways to go so H texted me and asked if he should say "Hey! This next stop is ours and the restaurants just one block over to make this guy think she was a with us" so he did, all three of us got off, quickly switched cars and chatted the rest of the ride. H is awesome.

*Barbie* · May 2016

We've been getting quotes for 2 new AC units and replacing all of our ductwork. The guys that came out yesterday gave us a price that was considerably better than what we were expecting, so - score. We have 3 others coming out to quote this week. Both AC units are 20-25 years old, so we knew they'd need to be replaced eventually. The downstairs unit has been weak lately, and they told us there's a Freon leak - the fix is really expensive - at that point we're better off just buying a new unit. We know if we bundle everything we'll get a better price, so that's the plan.
Luckily it's been cooler than usual the last day or 2, so we haven't been fighting the typical 90s that we have at this time of year.

Heffalump · May 2016

mrs.conn23 said:

DefConn had his KG assessment yesterday. I can't say I didn't feel slightly misty when they took him back without me.

I know. When we got the notice about the pool being open, they also announced that our neighborhood garage sale would be this coming Saturday. And I have stuff to get rid of: the Tripp-Trapp, the PNP, the travel system, other assorted things (incl. Wooz's old trike). But I'm having a lot of feelings about it. :'|

mrsconn23 · May 2016

*Barbie* said:

Heffalump said:

mrs.conn23 said:

I put in his daycare notice today. OMG. Is this really happening? No more daycare payments?

So jealousE! I don't even know what we're going to do when we're not paying for daycare anymore. Roll around in a giant pile of money, probably.

We're still going to have before/after school care for a while (until she's old enough to be a latchkey kid), but it's less than half of what we pay for daycare/private K. The difference is going to be put into savings/invested for her college fund. We've been paying it for more than 5 years at this point, so it's not like we're going to "miss" the money.

I've been paying daycare/before&after school care for 12 years now. To now have that money to save/invest and maybe even hire a housekeeper...living the dream, yo.

ShesSoCold · May 2016

The boss' loud, screaming, running toddler is here again.

During his "say hi to X" parade, he said "Hi Stupid!" to our attorney. Parents were all "We don't call people names!"

I doubt it, mom. He had to learn it somewhere.

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